UNIT CORPORATION TO PRESENT AT THE ELEVENTH OIL & GAS CONFERENCE

Tulsa, Oklahoma . . . Unit Corporation (NYSE – UNT) announced today that it will participate at The Eleventh Oil & Gas Conference, which will be held August 13th–17th, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. Unit’s presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, August 16th at 9:35 a.m. Mountain Time. Listeners may access the webcast via the Company’s website at www.unitcorp.com.

Unit Corporation is a Tulsa-based, publicly held energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in oil and gas exploration, production, contract drilling and natural gas gathering and processing. Unit’s Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol UNT. For more information about Unit Corporation, visit its website at http://www.unitcorp.com.